Pain Asessment

______________________ is the amount of time something lasts

• duration

• articulate

• evaluate

• onset

• subjective

A pain is ______________________ when you cannot bear it

• radiates

• excruciating

• tenderness

• objective

• duration

A description is ______________________ when it is based on the individual’s experience or perceptions.

• intensity

• onset

• objective

• radiates

• subjective

A patient who is ______________________ is able to explain things very well.

• `tenderness

• articulate

• onset

• radiates

• evaluate

The ______________________ of a pain is when it begins.

• excruciating

• articulate

• onset

• duration

• tenderness

A pain ______________________ when it spreads out from a central point.

• radiates

• evaluate

• articulate

• objective

• excruciating

The ______________________ of a pain describes the degree to which the patient feels it.

• subjective

• objective

• radiates

• intensity

• duration

In order to ______________________ a patient’s pain, a nurse needs to know its characteristics.

• radiates

• evaluate

• intensity

• articulate

• tenderness

Being ______________________ means relying on facts, rather than personal beliefs or feelings.

• excruciating

• terderness

• radiates

• objective

• subjective

______________________ on part of the body is when it is sore or uncomfortable to touch.

• duration

• tenderness

• onset

• articulate

• evaluate